Mike and I slumped beside our restaurant table and stared at the overhead television.
Love Me Tender by Leah Mueller
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Issue #27
Beyond Life by Lynn Mundell
Despite seeing your empty hospital bed, writing your lengthy obituary, donating your emptied Levi’s, stuffing the jumbo plastic bag of your heart meds into the police department drop-box;
Walking Home by River Kozhar
Walking home as a child was an experience in shifting realities. It was like the moment in a fairy tale where the heroine rides through a forest that changes into a magical wood, riding from light to darkness, and from summer to an unnatural winter.
Little Known Facts About the Red Squirrel by Angela Readman
1. Red squirrels are endangered in Britain and aren’t always red.
Things I Tell the Mermaid by Keith J. Powell
I wasn’t drowning when you heard me calling out, I was swimming. Those were yawps of exhilaration. My ex didn’t throw me overboard, we mutually agreed I’d dive into the Pacific.
She Would Hate All This Publicity by Louella Lester
Brown eyes. She’s the one who’s difficult to find in a photo, as though she’s been practicing to avoid this all her life.
Everything is Fine and no one is Drowning by Tommy Dean
They came for us on a goddamn Tuesday. Our streets were underwater. An epic flood that led them to us on black boats, lights flashing sirens silent to respect the dead.
Get Your Authentic Stardust Here by JP Relph
The night the sky cracked, I was sprawled on the hood of my car beside that good-for-nothing boy, naming constellations, ignoring his fingers on my neck.
Cleave by Olga Dermott-Bond
Before anything else, the mottled smell of blood and sawdust from across the street.